University of Nottingham Podcasts

PodcastDirectory / Education / Unknown
PodcastDirectory / Regions / EU / United Kingdom

Primary Format : Unknown Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Nottingham State/Province : Nottinghamshire Country : United Kingdom Region : EU User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of University of Nottingham Podcasts Methings.com listings of University of Nottingham Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Backstage at the New Theatre: Bed This week the New Theatre students are in bed - Jim Cartwright's 'Bed' to be precise. Go backstage as they bring this imaginative play to life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christmas comes early for the Neonatal Unit Thanks to generous donors, the Neonatal Unit at the Queen's Medical Centre has taken delivery of a specialised MRI incubator for very poorly babies on its ward. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at New Theatre: The Hothouse by Harold Pinter This week we're on the set of The Hothouse, by Harold Pinter. For more info on the New Theatre and tickets, please visit www.newtheatre.org.uk Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at New Theatre: Look Back in Anger by John Osborne This week we're backstage on the set of Look Back in Anger by John Osborne. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Impact: The Nottingham Experience - New Theatre In this video we go behind the scenes at New Theatre, the only student-run theatre in England. In its 43-year history, it has continually pushed boundaries and nurtured its members’ skills to achieve creative excellence. To find out more about this and other projects please visit www.nottingham.ac.uk/impactcampaign Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Young Carers In this video, meet Britain's 'invisible army' of young carers and young adult carers. This video is part of the Health and Well-being strand of our Impact campaign. To find out more about this and other projects please visit www.nottingham.ac.uk/impactcampaign Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Nottingham Life Cycle Daily: Did we remember the VC's bike? Join our team on their fundraising ride from John O'Groats to Land's End. In this, the first of the Nottingham Life Cycle Daily videos, Gavin Scott makes sure they've packed everything. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Award winning Politics lecturers In this video we meet Drs Sue Pryce and Gulshan Khan, who have both scooped top national teaching awards from the Political Studies Association. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage with Gallery 47 at Splendour Music Festival Watch Gallery 47 in action at the recent Splendour Music Festival, held at Wollaton Park in Nottingham. Gallery 47 (Jack Peachey) is a recent graduate of the University and a rising star in the music scene. For more information on his music check out www.gallery47official.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kicking homophobia out of football In this video we go behind the scenes at the recent Justin Campaign event, hosted at the University, by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Questioning staff network (LGBTQ). The Justin event is held in memory of Justin Fashanu, a talented, openly gay professional footballer, who committed suicide after being forced out of the game because of his sexuality. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A bird's-eye-view of our UK campuses Get a unique view of our campuses in the latest podcast, in which we take to the skies over University Park, Jubilee Campus and Sutton Bonington. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Does globalisation still work? In this podcast, The Financial Times' Chief Economic Editor and Associate Editor Martin Wolf asks whether globalisation still works. We caught up with him ahead of his public lecture at the launch of two university research priority groups (Integrating Global Society and Science, and Technology and Society. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Colour bathing in the Luminarium The Luminarium's back, and you're invited to a sneak peek. This amazing structure, made by Architects of Air is something to see. It's open to the public until Sunday 5 June 2011. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Student midwives on tour: Tanzania 2011 Five student midwives put their knowledge to the test when they visited Tanzania as part of their nursing elective in March 2011, thanks to a grant of £7,500 from the University of Nottingham's Annual Fund. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Philosophy club Children should be seen and not heard...but who says? A Philosophy academic is challenging the old adage by teaching primary school children to argue and to think for themselves. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The day Sir Paul McCartney dropped by unannounced In this video former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough returns to The University of Nottingham with the BBC's One Show, nearly 40 years after one of rock's most surprising debut gigs. Students on campus refused to believe that former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his new band Wings had turned up at the Students' Union in an old van to play a gig in the early spring of 1972.  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at The New Theatre Ep7: Rope In this video we go backstage on the set of 'Rope' by Patrick Hamilton, a thriller later made famous by Alfred Hitchcock. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New book on the BNP: Not all jobs and houses In this podcast Dr Matthew Goodwin, talks about his reasons for writing a book on the BNP, the methodology and what it tells us about the far right and British politics. Dr Matthew Goodwin is a lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations, whose forthcoming book, The New British Fascism: Rise of the BNP  , is published by Routledge on May 5th. Follow him on Twitter here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage with Alistair McGowan Backstage visits the set of Oleanna at Lakeside Arts Centre for a chat with the play's stars Alistair McGowan and Clare Foster. Oleanna, which has its run at Lakeside Arts Centre in April is widely regarded as David Mamet's most controversial work. For more info visit www.lakesidearts.org.uk Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website China Daily focus on our campus in Ningbo, China In this video Professor Nick Miles, Provost and CEO of the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China, talks to the China Daily about the growth of the University and future plans. Video by DJ Clark. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AV much ado about nothing? In this podcast Professor Steven Fielding cuts to the heart of the debate and furore surrounding the AV referendum. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at The New Theatre Ep 6: The Lonesome West This week we're on the set of the anarchic and hilarious The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh. The New Theatre is the only student-run theatre company in the UK. www.newtheatre.org.uk Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is there a future for trade unions In this podcast Professor Andreas Bieler looks ahead to the planned TUC demonstrations against cuts in the public sector, and asks if the unions have a chance of forcing u-turns. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at the New Theatre Ep 4: A View from the Bridge This week we visit the set of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. The New Theatre puts on a play each week and is the only student-run theatre company in the UK. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at the New Theatre Ep3: Cradle Me This week we're on set with the cast and crew of Cradle Me, by Simon Vinnicombe; running until Saturday 12 March 2011. See www.newtheatre.org.uk for more information. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at the New Theatre: After the End This week we go backstage on the set of After the End by Dennis Kelly. The New Theatre is the only student run theatre company in the UK. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backstage at the New Theatre: This Wide Night Every week, we will take you behind the scenes at the only student run theatre company in the country. The New Theatre presents a new play every week. In this video we go backstage on the set of This Wide Night, by Chloe Moss. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cracking up: an interview with Alastair Campbell In this video podcast meet Alastair Campbell, who visited the University to lend his support to the Institute of Mental Health. As you'll hear, Alastair suffered a breakdown and believes talking about it is the only way to deal with societal attitudes towards those with mental health disorders. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wikileaks: Public interest or amusement? With more sensitive information expected to be released on Wikileaks, Professor Wyn Rees weighs up whether the damage to international security is as dramatic as some have suggested. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Let's talk about death It sounds simple, but as Professor Jane Seymour explains in this podcast, a lack of openness about death impacts on the quality of care provided to the dying and bereaved. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In search of Tolkien: What's in a name? What's in a name? JRR Tolkien, as you'll discover in this video, thought a great deal... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shakespeare's lost play In this video a literary investigation into the idea of Shakespeare's lost play Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Politics in 60 Seconds: Parliamentary whips In this podcast Professor Philip Cowley takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his concept Parliamentary whips. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Welcome to Politics in 60 Seconds You can't boil an egg in less than 60 Seconds, so how can you explain a political concept? We challenged our experts to define political concepts in a minute or less. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ian Shott: Honorary graduate In this video Ian Shott talks about his honorary degree from The University of Nottingham. Ian was the founder, majority owner and CEO of Excelsyn, a fast-growing contract development and manufacturing business, focused on the global pharmaceutical industry Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pharmatopia @ Nottingham: Second Life Welcome to Pharmatopia @ Nottingham, a dedicated Pharmacy project on the University's Second Life island. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep 17: The funny side of campus life In this podcast the registrar looks at some of his favourite campus security logs which show just how bizarre life can be on campus on occasion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep 16: A very private education? In this podcast the registrar looks at various arguments about the growth of private universities in the UK. Will they be bad for the sector, or encourage growth and competition?. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep 15: Everyone's a winner In this podcast reaction to a call for Amazon style subcategories in university league tables. "...it's something that works well in the US and could, conceivably, work with international tables too. But in the UK, the arguments about which institutions would be allocated to which categories would be bloody. Worth a go though. And then everyone could be a winner here too." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Honorary Graduates 2010: Prof Martin Daunton In this interview historian Professor Martin Daunton shares his experience of his honorary degree from the University.Professor Daunton is a leading historian of modern Britain, and is credited with having bridged the divide between economics and history in his writing and teaching.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Becoming a Psychologist part 3: Cognitive aspects of autism In the third and final of these special podcasts recorded in Malaysia, Dr Peter Mitchell and Elizabeth Sheppard discuss the cognitive aspects of autism. This interview was recorded during a programme for Business FM in Malaysia, and is used with kind permission.Dr Mitchell is Dean of Science at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Becoming a Psychologist part 2: Autism In the second of three special podcasts recorded in Malaysia, Dr Peter Mitchell, Associate Professor Dr TeohHsienJin and Mr TehBengChoon discuss the topic of autism. This interview was recorded during a programme for Business FM in Malaysia, and is used with kind permission.Dr Mitchell is Dean of Science at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep 14: Peer review rankings In this podcast the Registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix, weighs up research into rankings based on peer review. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep 13: NSS pressure In this podcast the Registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix, looks at media reports accusing some universities of pressuring students to fill in the National Student Survey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Becoming a psychologist In the first of three special podcasts recorded in Malaysia, Dr Peter Mitchell talks you through the steps to becoming a psychologist. Dr Mitchell's interview was recorded during a programme for Business FM in Malaysia, and is used with kind permission. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Professor Sebsebe Demissew - Honorary graduate In this interview Professor Sebsebe Demissew discusses his life work in Ethiopia and his honorary degree. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep 12: NUS League Table? In this podcast the Registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix, looks at reports that the National Union of Students should compile their own universities league table. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Memory, war and trauma In 'Memory, War and Trauma' health psychologist Dr Nigel Hunt explains the background to his new book, offering a new understanding of the psychological impacts of war. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Labour: As seen on TV In this podcast Professor Steven Fielding chats about his BBC Radio 4 documentary: 'Dramatising New Labour', which features the 'spin doctors' Alastair Campbell and Lance Price as well as film director Stephen Frears. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama and the media Why, despite some major political successes is Barack Obama openly attacked in some sections of the US media? Visiting lecturer Professor David Paletz chats about this and other topics from guest lecture on Obama and the media. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website England's failure: Blame it on the money What happened to England at the World Cup? Nerves? Lack of motivation, organisation and commitment? Or has money ruined English football irreparably? Dr Wyn Morgan looks at a recent theory laying the blame on Economics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 10 things I hate about you Before the election Professor Philip Cowley predicted ten things he would hate about the election's coverage in the media. In this podcast he goes back to see what he got right, and what he got wrong. Professor Cowley is Professor of Parliamentary Government in the School of Politics and International Relations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 10 things I hate about you Before the election Professor Philip Cowley made ten predictions about the media's obsessions with the election campaign. In this podcast he revisits his predictions to see what he got right and what he got wrong. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who killed Mammon? This special budget day murder mystery poses two simple questions: who is Mammon and who killed him? Professor Goodchild provides the clues in this special podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Changing the face of war crimes With the International Criminal Court (ICC) poised to make history in Uganda, Dr Olympia Bekou from the School of Law looks at the ICC's deliberations on a new crime to the range of offences it can currently prosecute. The University's International Criminal Justice Unit, Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) is one of only eight outsourcing partners of the ICC and the only UK partner. It will be represented by Dr Bekou. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Changing climate - where energy and global warming meet This podcast comes from the frontline of the campaign against global warming. National Geographic is the foremost conservation organisation.Executive Editor, Dennis Dimick was at the University for a a sweeping visual journey and in-depth report.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bomber's Moon Acclaimed writer William Ivory talks about his new play at the Lakeside Arts Centre: 'Bomber's Moon'. Bomber's Moon is a love story told through the eyes of Jimmy, an ex-RAF Gunner and his carer David. William reflects candidly on the real life influences of his father on the story, himself a navigator on bombing raids over Germany during World War II.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A portrait of Alan Sillitoe  In this video Dr Edward Sellman, a lecturer in Education, talks about meeting and painting the late Alan Sillitoe. The famous Nottingham author recently passed away at the age of 82. His most famous work was the novel 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.' In this video Dr Sellman explains how he came to meet the great writer and how the idea for the portrait came about.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gordon Brown's election pledges  In this video Professor Paul Heywood analyses the Labour Party's election pledges, announced by Gordon Brown at a recent visit to The University of Nottingham. Visiting the University's Jubilee Campus on Saturday, March 27th, Gordon Brown pledged to secure the nation's economic recovery, raise family living standards, build a high-tech knowledge economy, protect frontline services and strengthen fairness in communities. In a speech to party activists and pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blast off for new space age building  In this video see the brand new Nottingham Geospatial Building, a high tech hub where research and business work hand in hand to develop new technologies. The Government Minister for Higher Education, the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, officially opened the building and shares his impressions of the NGB and the valuable work going on in it. The NGB is a £9 million world-class centre of excellence in global navigation satellite systems and geospatial sciences ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From grey suits to grass roots  As the Conservatives respond to Labour's fightback in the 2008 Tory Party Conference in Birmingham, Dr Kieron O'Hara looks at the current situation in light of previous lessons. Drawing on the book 'Democratising Conservative Leadership: From Grey Suits to Grass Roots', he co-authored with Dr Andrew Denham from The University of Nottingham, he charts the changes in the party and the impact David Cameron has made. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The long hunt  After more than ten years on the run, suspected war criminal Radovan Karadzic has been arrested in Serbia. Professor Stefan Wolff weighs up the impact the arrest is likely to have on this region torn apart by one of Europe's bloodiest wars. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aspire  Ken Shuttleworth The UK's tallest free-standing work of art - Aspire - is now in place at The University of Nottingham. In this podcast acclaimed architect Ken Shuttleworth talks about what inspired him to design Aspire, and his attachment to Nottingham. More information is available here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Parliament: hung, drawn and quartered? Cross Bench Peer - Lord David Owen - speaks to the UON Podcast about why a hung parliament could be just what we need. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rebuilding parliament Will there finally be reform in Parliament or will the election put the process on hold? We ask the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP for his views. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why politics matters Professor Gerry Stoker explains why he is disturbed at the level of political apathy in Britain and what the politician are not doing about it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northern Ireland on the brink? Will the parties in Northern Ireland come to an agreement on policing? Prof Stefan Wolff weighs up the problem and looks at potential outcomes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gordon Brown: 'moral coward?' Professor Steven Fielding weighs up the latest pre-election volley between Gordon Brown and David Cameron and looks ahead to the Iraq Inquiry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep.11 - The dos and don'ts of honorary degrees Were US universities right to bestow honorary degrees on Barack Obama? In this podcast Dr Paul Greatrix questions the wisdom of honouring politicians before they've had a chance to do their job. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Elections: pre-match report A tense election period is looming with certain MPs refusing to pay back expenses and some already announcing that they intend to stand down.In this podcast Professor Steven Fielding weighs up the main parties and asks if they're fighting fit. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep. 10 - League Tables and Protectionism In this podcast, the registrar tackles a proposed new global league table, that has prompted accusations of European protectionism. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beacon for green research In this podcast, recorded in China, Professor Jo Darkwa talks about the eagerly awaited Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies at the University's Chinese campus in Ningbo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Human rights for all? This week - violence as sex discrimination. Alice Edwards talks about winning the international Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship in the Human Rights of Women for her doctoral research. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UN vote on Kosovo In this podcast Professor Stefan Wolff looks at the United Nations General Assembly vote on the issue of the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep.2 - positively accountable This week in Registrarism, Dr Paul Greatrix asks if Higher Education Institutions are over-regulated. This is in response to a report on the cost of positive accountability. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reaching Out This podcast highlights the University's award winning volunteering scheme, which enables staff and students to get involved in a wide range of projects. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Love on the rocks How is the relationship between government and business holding up in the current climate? Visiting speaker Professor Mick Moran draws on 30 years'experience to assess this delicate balancing act. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama - euphoria or relief? Professor Peter Ling questions the euphoria surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration as US President, and the expectations which could weigh heavily on his shoulders. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northern Ireland - return to violence? Why have dissident Republican groups launched new attacks in Northern Ireland - and what does it mean for the peace process. Professor Stefan Wolff examines the recent killing of two soldiers and a policeman. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gaza - between the lines Expert in conflict resolution, Professor Stefan Wolff gives his view on the developments in Gaza and his thoughts on prospects for an enduring cease fire. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The day the music died In this podcast - why the recording studio sector in the UK is in the grip of a severe crisis. Professor Andrew Leyshon explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Buying Time - Premier League managers and the sack In this podcast - are Premier League managers given sufficient time to bring success to their clubs? Dr Matthew Hughes from the Nottingham University Business School discusses his involvement in a joint research project on the issue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To tweet or not to tweet - what is the question? Twitter: Useful tool or fad? In this podcast philosopher Dr Carrie Jenkins explains how it's being used to great success by philosophers around the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Violence and the media Does screen violence breed violence in Britain's youth? Expert Professor Kevin Browne has the answer. Professor Browne is a forensic psychologist at the University and this year presented a report to a Home Affairs Select Committee investigating knife crime. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep.9 - Swine flu In this podcast Dr Paul Greatrix reacts to media reports that universities around the country are preparing to cancel Freshers' Week in response to swine flu. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep.8, Student induction In this podcast the Registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix, tackles the issue of effective student induction; where we're doing well and where we need to improve.. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Putting the boot in In this podcast, Economist Dr Wyn Morgan counts the cost of increasingly tricky football finances on the back of record transfers and calls for regulation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Impact of the budget on HE In this podcast Dr Paul Greatrix reacts to suggestions by former universities minister John Denham about how higher education should be making savings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nursing our hospitals In this podcast Professor Paul Crawford, from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, explains how communication must be used to improve the reputation of our health service, and points to recent grim examples. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To merge or not to merge? Should the UK's top research universities merge to ensure international competitiveness, as has been suggested? Dr Paul Greatrix weighs up the pros and cons. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "The Property Neutron Bomb" In this podcast the future for the buy to let market and Professor Andrew Leyshon's predictions of a "property neutron bomb". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swine Flu - the facts Professor Robert Dingwall clears up some of the confusion surrounding Swine Flu and assesses the official response to the outbreak. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cash strapped Will this year's budget help rescue the UK economy? Dr Wyn Morgan delves beyond the headlines and weighs up the prospects for a much-vaunted recovery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep.3 - the recession In this podcast the University's Registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix, offers his views on the effects the recession is likely to have on Higher Education. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upping the ante In this podcast, reaction to Russian plans to bolster military capacity by 2011. Professor Stefan Wolff assess the impact of the decision. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The manifesto In this podcast and with talk of a general election looming we speak to Paddy Tipping MP, about what it takes to draft a manifesto. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A plague on both houses In this podcast news of a hard-hitting TV documentary by an academic at the University, on the notion that Darwin killed God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making a difference In this podcast the minister for Policing, Security and Crime - Vernon Coaker MP - talks about his demanding job and reminds students that politics, locally and nationally make a difference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Shrinking' the economy In this podcast Dr Robert Hoffmann talks about how we've talked ourselves into recession and the influence of psychology in business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep. 1 - League tables In this, the first podcast from the office of the Registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix - a look at the issue of league tables and some fairly strange examples. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Influencing Government This podcast takes you into the world of a Parliamentary backbencher with Dr Nick Palmer MP, who breaks down some of the stereotypes and explains how backbenchers can influence policy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Man at work Just back from Washington D.C , Professor Richard King reflects on Barack Obama's first few weeks in office and considers Sara Palin's future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Striking for 'British' jobs? As the wildcat strikes over foreign workers continue, Professor Andreas Bieler asks whether the unions should be looking at the bigger picture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Through the broken mirror In this podcast a controversial theory on what causes autism is put to the test by experts at the University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website War on climate change? In this podcast - could governments go to war to protect the environment? Dr Matthew Humphrey, Reader in Political Philosophy, weighs up a controversial set of theories from another respected academic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why we disagree on climate change (Lecture Series Podcast) Addressing the Institute for Science and Society, Professor Mike Hulme suggests that the approach to tackling climate change is not perhaps as black and white as many think. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Watching the gatekeepers BBC political correspondent John Hess tells the UON Podcast about life in the firing line, and why after all these years on TV, he still admires politicians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website David Cameron under the microscope A future cabinet minister, an experienced journalist and a political expert weigh up the Tories' chances of winning the next election in this podcast, marking the inaugural conference of the Centre for British Politics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Tory fight back? Theresa May, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons talks to the UON Podcast about the recent arrest of Damian Greene MP and the knock-on effects for Parliament. Ms. May was at the University recently to speak to students about the Conservative Party. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brewing up a storm In this podcast, beer is king as Professor Katherine Smart talks about her research and its immense commercial applications. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Future innovation today In this podcast...why regenerating human bone has won a University of Nottingham spin-out company a major medical prize. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Organic attitude How sustainable are people's attitudes towards sustainable food? Find out in this podcast with researcher Angie Clonan who is embarking on a major new survey into consumer habits. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A dragon's tale Meet former Dragon's Den star and entrepreneur Rachel Elnaugh. She speaks to the UON podcast about the financial crisis, and her own extraordinary career. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Labour Pains Could the credit crunch spell the beginning of the end for trade unions? Professor Andreas Bieler counts the cost ahead of a major conference on globalisation at the University on 6 & 7 November. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fixing Global Finance In this podcast one of the world's most influential voices in business has his say on the financial crisis. Meet Martin Wolf, Financial Times Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Race for the prize Has George W. Bush damaged John McCain's chances of becoming the next US president? Professor Richard King weighs up the issues and tactics from the US presidential campaign trail. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joining forces for good Could an inter-religious approach help answer the Middle East question? Visiting Professor, Rev. David Burrell speaks candidly about his astonishing career. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State of play Can politicians do enough to avert the threatened financial meltdown? In this podcast Dr Steven Fielding weighs up Britain's chances and the current political state of play. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From grey suits to grass roots In this podcast Dr Kieron O'Hara looks at the rise of the Conservative Party and their possible response to Labour's recent fight-back, referring to the book 'Democratising Conservative Leadership: From Grey Suits to Grass Roots', which he co-authored with Dr Andrew Denham from The University of Nottingham. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Football or arms race? In this podcast economist Dr Wyn Morgan looks at the takeover of Manchester City, the biggest deal in British football. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Addressing Europe Can the European Social Forum really influence policy makers? In this podcast Professor Andreas Bieler looks ahead to the European Social Forum in Malmo, Sweden, September 2008. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coming to the University - your questions answered This podcast will help you get the most out of this year's undergraduate open days at The University of Nottingham. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website War in Europe In this podcast Professor Stefan Wolff assesses the implications of the recent outbreak of fighting between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making history In this podcast you'll hear from the man who co-discovered Ibuprofen, University of Nottingham alumnus Dr Stewart Adams. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The long hunt In this podcast - the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in Serbia for war crimes, more than 10 years after he disappeared. Professor Stefan Wolff looks at what comes next for the man once called "the Osama bin Laden of Europe." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 60 remarkable years 60 years ago, the University was awarded its Royal Charter. This film tracks the growth and the changes as the University evolved into a truly international institution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking back In this podcast two students talk to the UON podcast about their upcoming graduation and about their time at the University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind games In this podcast Dr Martin Hagger talks about how motivation could work against you when you're trying to stop smoking, studying for an exam or doing a maths problem. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spiritual Healing In this podcast we hear about Dr Aru Naryanasamy's pioneering work on spirituality and culture in healthcare. He has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Social movements and global justice In this podcast we hear about an international conference which brings together academics and social movement activists from around the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Pope and Jesus In this podcast we hear about a major conference at the University, based on a hotly debated book by Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bringing the past to life In this video podcast Dr Katharina Lorenz takes you on a behind the scenes tour of the new Showing Seeing Centre in the Departments of Classics and Archaeology. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Into the wild In this podcast we hear about a ground breaking research expedition to the wilds of Russia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The end of the road for Gordon Brown? Has Gordon Brown's reputation suffered irreversible damage? Dr Steven Fielding, Director of the Centre for British Politics, weighs up pressure on the Prime Minister. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Calling time on binge drinking Tackling Binge Drinking with pen and paper in the workplace: Science fiction or psychological fact? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cruel Summer? Global warming in context This podcast looks at the issue of global warming and questions the wisdom of an alarmist approach to changing people's behaviour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lessons in Learning In this special lecture series podcast, Professor Simon McGrath argues that current official policies to education and development are over-simplistic and over-ambitious. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northern Ireland to Iraq: Valuable Lessons In this podcast Professor Stefan Wolff looks back at the Good Friday Agreement, and the lessons that have come out of the peace process in Northern Ireland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Student Life at The University of Nottingham In this student podcast you'll discover what makes studying at The University of Nottingham so memorable and pick up a few tips for settling in and making the most of your time here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safe water - lessons from Kazakhstan Professor Sarah O'Hara discusses her research into why, despite significant efforts, access to safe water and sanitation is still a major international problem. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sharia Law - the heart of the debate Professor Hugh Goddard asks why it seems impossible to have a rational public debate on the relationship between the West and the Islamic world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Employment In this podcast careers advisor Debra Henson talks about a brand new initiative at the University which brings together students and major companies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Speaking for Islam He's been branded a Muslim apologist by his critics, but in this exclusive podcast, Professor John Esposito defends his work and views on the relationship between the West and the Islamic world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deliver us from Evil The Catholic Church has approved plans for an exorcism centre in Poland. But as Dr Richard Bell explains, exorcisms are more common than we might like to think and much closer to home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blood and Thunder Part 2 Dr Lynn Fotheringham looks at the link between Spartan warriors in the film '300' and modern super heroes, or 'men in tights' as artist Frank Miller prefers! Part 1 of this podcast is also available at www.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blood and Thunder Part 1 Dr Lynn Fotheringham offers a unique insight into the film '300' and the reality behind the epic and bloody Spartan battles. Part 2 of this podcast is also available at www.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Boxed Out Brand new research suggests that TV is actually good for you. Hear more from Professor Roberta Pearson and Elizabeth Evans who carried out the research on behalf of the Royal National Institute of Blind People. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Question of Sport In this podcast, Assistant Director of Physical Recreation and Sport - Nigel Mayglothling - talks through the new facilities, and about how at the University it�s easy to keep active. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cannabis in Research Dr Steven Alexander has recorded the first podcast for the British Journal of Pharmacology. In this podcast Dr Alexander delves into the depths of cannabis research to find out how future medications might benefit from current work on this exciting topic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The philosophy of flirting (video) Can you flirt by accident? Or is it all intended? This Valentine's the issue of flirting has reached academic proportions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Touchdown The University of Nottingham hot air balloon made its debut appearance at University Park this week. Pilot Dr Janet Folkes talks about the amazing flying machine and its inaugural flight over the Swiss Alps. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sound Advice Rosemary Gibson from the International Office has some valuable tips for international students planning to study at The University of Nottingham. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kosovo in Focus Kosovo is expected to shortly declare independence from Serbia, in a move which could have regional and global ramifications. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Focus on Special Needs Placing research at the heart of the school environment. That�s the idea behind a major research centre on special needs. Experts from the University, Nottingham Trent University and professionals from schools, services and other groups around the city have formed a network to make this a reality Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Portishead and Purple Haze in Portland In this podcast, Dr Kim Elliott talks about the changes to the CD and Record Library over the past 23 years, and why, even in a library of this size, even Barbara Streisand can find a home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dressed for Success 91 year old Ron Benson reflects on 27 years as Ceremony Manager at the University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Year in Focus - Assessing Gordon Brown Part 3 In this podcast Doctor Steven Fielding takes a look back at Gordon Brown's first half-term in office. In the third and final part of this podcast Doctor Fielding looks ahead to 2008 and what political issues could possibly dominate in the New Year. Parts 1 and 2 of this podcast are also available from the University of Nottingham podcast website. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Year in Focus - Assessing Gordon Brown Part 2 In this podcast Doctor Steven Fielding takes a look back at Gordon Brown's first half-term in office. In Part 2, Doctor Fielding looks at the election that never was and the fallout for the Prime Minister and his cabinet. He also considers the impact of the funding crisis. Parts 1 and 3 of this podcast are also available from the University of Nottingham podcast website. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Year in Focus - Assessing Gordon Brown Part 1 In this podcast Doctor Steven Fielding takes a look back at Gordon Brown's first half-term in office. In this, the first of three episodes, Doctor Fielding rates the Prime Minister on his performance in International Relations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Degree of Distinction Part 3 In this podcast acclaimed broadcaster Peter Snow talks about his honorary graduation at The University of Nottingham. He also talks about surviving a plane crash in America and rounds off the interview with some radical advice for the University�s graduates. Parts 1 and 2 of this podcast are also available from the University of Nottingham podcast website. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Degree of Distinction Part 2 In this podcast acclaimed broadcaster Peter Snow talks about his honorary graduation at The University of Nottingham. In Part 2 he talks about life as a reporter covering such monumental stories as the end of Apartheid, the Falklands War, the Middle East and the Vietnam War. Parts 1 and 3 of this podcast are also available from the University of Nottingham podcast website. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Degree of Distinction Part 1 In this podcast acclaimed broadcaster Peter Snow talks about his honorary graduation at The University of Nottingham. He speaks candidly about his reaction to the occasion, his illustrious family and how he went from ancient history and classics to Television news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bottoms up - the science of slurping Why is it so difficult to perfect low alcohol wine? How do you measure aroma? And is wine-tasting an effective indicator of wine quality, or just plain, old-fashioned snobbery? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wearing Forbidden Shoes In this podcast, Professor Dick Geary, from the School of History at the University of Nottingham and Director of The Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS), discusses the uniqueness of the slave trade in Brasil. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Polymeric Materials in Everyday Life Steven Howdle, Professor of Chemistry, talks about Polymeric materials and how Chemistry doesn�t always mean wearing a white coat! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Success Through Innovation In the latest of the Graduate School's Dean's Lecture Series, Sir Michael Hodgkinson talks about innovation in the everyday world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Academe & Parliament: Can Universities influence national policy? As part of the Dean�s Lecture Series, The University of Nottingham Graduate School presented a lecture by University alumnus Lord Richard Best OBE who talks about ways in which academics and researchers can influence government policy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting Personal for UCAS Writing a personal statement for any application is tough, let alone writing one that can shape your whole future. In this podcast, Nathalie Thomas School�s Liaison and Events Manager at the University of Nottingham, explains how you can take great strides towards getting your personal statement right. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking for love? In this podcast Professor of Physics Penny Gowland, from the School of Physics and Astronomy discusses the field of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Fmri), looking deep into the brain to identify areas that are responsible for our feelings and behaviour such as love and lying. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Human Adaptation for Culture Professor Michael Tomasello gave the inaugural annual public address for the School of Psychology entitled The Human Adaptation for Culture. Lying at the core of his argument is language and therefore culture is the product of remarkable and recently evolved faculty to understand other minds. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forecaster, Broadcaster and now an Honorary Graduate Meteorologist and BBC weather presenter Helen Willetts graduated in Physics from the University in 1993. She now works at the BBC Weather Centre in London and is one of the most well known faces on our TV screens. Alumni Relations' Simon Harvey caught up with her as she returned to receive an Honorary Degree. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Honorary Doctorate Degree conferred on Lord Jones of Birmingham The University of Nottingham has awarded an honorary doctorate degree to Lord Jones of Birmingham. The University annually confers awards to outstanding individuals who have made an exceptional contribution in their chosen field. This is a podcast of his speech given at the Graduation Ceremony on Thursday 19th July 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doors open (for green fingers) at the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology. Monday 2nd July sees the official opening of the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (CPIB) based at the University of Nottingham. In this podcast Professor Charlie Hodgman discusses the setting up and aims of CPIB. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Living in an era of global terror In this podcast, Professor Aldrich from the School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the impact of globalisation, the opportunities this affords to global terrorists and the challenges faced by the intelligence services. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Labour leadership contest In this podcast, Professor Philip Cowley, from the School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the recent announcement by Prime Minister Tony Blair that he will be standing down as leader of the Labour Party and British Prime Minister on 27th June 2007 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Conservation and Bio-Diversity Dr. Richard Field research interests lie in conservation, biodiversity and the forces that structure ecological communities. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Orchestrating cell separation in plants: What are the risks and benefits? In this podcast, Professor Roberts from the School of Biosciences discusses his research into the mechanism responsible for regulating cell separation in plants. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The end of the road? Road traffic has grown more than 80% since 1980 � as a result roads have deteriorated more quickly than could have been envisaged. Britain�s road network is one of the countries largest national assets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doing the Right Thing - Corporate Social Responsibility in a global marketplace Globalisation, mass consumer awareness and public accountability are all factors in persuading companies to adopt ethical policies. As companies become more accountable not only for their own actions but for those within their supply chain, they have to adapt to ensure success within the context of the global society they operate in. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Education for All Steve Sinnot, General Secretary of the UK's biggest teachers' union, the NUT, gives the 2007 Hugh Gaitskell Memorial Lecture entitled 'Education, Social Justice and Educational Opportunities, reflections on the role of teachers and their organisations' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reporting on the Middle East Frank Gardner OBE addresses the graduating class of 2006 as he receives his honorary degree of Doctor of Letters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A new career in the health service Professor Beasley addresses the Nursing graduating class of 2006. In this Podcast, Professor Beasley talks about the importance of optimism in the ever-changing field of Nursing. She also stresses the need to take risks to further your career. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Future of Science Canadian National Science Advisor and former University of Nottingham graduate, Professor Carty addresses the graduating class of 2006. Professor Carty speaks of his upbringing as the son and grandson of men who worked in the coal industry and the struggles that came with it. He speaks of his love of Chemistry from a young age when he would find discarded pieces of calcium carbide from the mine and created explosions by dropping them in bottles of water. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Uncertainty Principle In this podcast Professor Lee addresses the graduating class of 2006. The Uncertainty Principle states: “The more certain we are of an object’s momentum, then the less certain we are of its position and vice-versa.”. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life as a Journalist Former Nottingham University graduate and business journalist for the Daily Telegraph, Mr. Jeff Randall addresses the graduating class of 2006. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Depiction of Terrorism in Film and Television: Professor Roberta Pearson In this podcast, Professor Roberta Pearson from the School of American and Canadian Studies, discusses the fictional representation of terrorism in modern day television programmes and why more and more people are using fiction instead of the news to inform their opinions of world events. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Researching solutions to global water shortages Making sure the world�s population has enough drinking water is one of the biggest challenges we face today. A rapidly increasing global population, the fact that only a very small percentage of global water is available for consumption and an uneven global distribution of clean drinking water are the main problems in regard to the current global water crisis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking back: when the Festival of Britain came to Nottingham The populace of Nottinghamshire, who are old enough to remember, have been given the opportunity to contribute to an exhibition of the Festival of Britain, currently on display at the University Adult Education Centre, Shakespeare Street until 23 March 2007. The Exhibition opened with a lecture delivered by Sophie Hollinshead, Art Historian for the School of Education, who was also responsible for collating the material. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Using appropriate technology Dr Mike Clifford from the School of Mechanical Materials and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Nottingham has been working on simple, appropriate technologies to address some of the problems in the developing world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flu pandemic: How prepared are we? In this podcast Professor Robert Dingwall, Director of the Institute of Science and Society at the University of Nottingham, and a member of the UK government�s Department of Heath committee on the ethical aspects of pandemic influenza, discusses the causes and potential impact of a flu pandemic on the UK. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Using composite materials to replace bone In this podcast, Professor Chris Rudd, Dean of the faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, describes his work with composite materials in the car industry and how it can be applied to the field of medicine.Traditionally, patients who have lost bone in an accident or have had bone removed due to cancer have had to endure two very long and very painful operations. One operation to attach steel plates to the bone, and a second operation once the bone has healed, to remove them. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advances in Nanotechnology In this podcast, Professor Moriarty discusses nanotechnology, and how it has led to a convergence of the traditional sciences. He talks about the commercial applications of nanotechnology such as hard disk technology in laptops, stain free materials and fabrics, self-cleaning windows and advanced water filtration. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Challenges to the Absolute Prohibition of Torture Professor Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, delivered the Second Annual Paragon Human Rights Lecture, held each year to mark International Human Rights Day. He spoke about the current challenges facing the absolute prohibition of torture, particularly with respect to the �War on Terror�. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why Human Rights Matter On the eve of International Human Rights Day, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, delivered the inaugural Paragon Human Rights lecture. She spoke about the erosion of human rights in the name of counter-terrorism measures in the UK and across the globe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Engagement in e-learning Dr. Cynthia White is a Professor of Applied Linguistics at Massey University in New Zealand where one of her research interests is Distance education and online learning. In this talk to the e-learning community at Nottingham, Dr White discusses tools and techniques that help teachers, tutors and managers with traditional teaching backgrounds come to grips with e-learning. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Brain of the Future The Graduate School Centre at the University of Nottingham was formally opened on 12th October 2006 byBaroness Susan Greenfield, Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and Fullerian Professor of Physiology andComparative Anatomy at Oxford University. In this key note speech, Baroness Greenfield considers how humans will communicateand learn in the future, as technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, and the pace of change within society becomesever faster. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Back bench rebels Philip Cowley, Reader in the University’s School of Politics and International Relations, was recently nominated for the Times Higher young researcher of the year award. In this podcast, Philip discusses his research into back bench rebellions within the British parliament. Philip describes his research as practical politics, linking academic research to the real world of political debate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website North Korea: Nuclear threat? The increasing world tension that built up after North Korea undertook an underground nuclear test on October 26th this year form the background for this interview with Professor Gilbert Rozman from Princeton University. A leading commentator and researcher on comparisons and relations in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, Russia and Korea, Professor Rozman examines a number of the key facets of this complex and highly volatile situation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website North Korea: Nuclear threat? The increasing world tension that built up after North Korea undertook an underground nuclear test on October 26th this year form the background for this interview with Professor Gilbert Rozman from Princeton University. A leading commentator and researcher on comparisons and relations in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, Russia and Korea, Professor Rozman examines a number of the key facets of this complex and highly volatile situation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website North Korea: Nuclear threat? The increasing world tension that built up after North Korea undertook an underground nuclear test on October 26th this year form the background for this interview with Professor Gilbert Rozman from Princeton University. A leading commentator and researcher on comparisons and relations in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, Russia and Korea, Professor Rozman examines a number of the key facets of this complex and highly volatile situation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bonkers or niche? Dr Paul Greatrix looks at degree courses branded as bonkers by the media and asks if it's a fair appraisal of Zombies in Popular Culture, Underwater Basket Weaving and Golf Course Management to name a few. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who are the Greens? The latest speaker in the Centre for British Politics seminar series was Paul Anderson from the Green Party, who poses a very good question - exactly who are the Greens? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Registrarism Ep. 4 - Student Employability Registrar Dr Paul Greatrix looks at student employability in the current economic climate, and the Nottingham Advantage Award which aims to give our students a head start. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RobLambert Environmental historian Dr Rob Lambert is to feature in a new BBC Four series Birds Britannia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website That sinking feeling Have British political parties become a joke? Assessing the impact of the email smears, MPs expenses and the handling of the economy is Professor Steven Fielding Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website